Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Full reference: A. F. Budd and C. C. Wallace. 2008. First record of the Indo-Pacific reef coral genus Isopora in the Caribbean region: two new species from the Neogene of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Palaeontology 51(6):1387-1401
Belongs to Isopora according to A. F. Budd and C. C. Wallace 2008
Sister taxa: Isopora brueggemanni, Isopora crateriformis, Isopora cuneata, Isopora curacaoensis, Isopora matahari, Isopora palifera, Isopora togianensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rosseveltveg, ridges_70, Curacao,, which is in a Piacenzian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Seroe Domi Formation of Curaçao
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Curaçao (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Curaçao (11)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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